On Mon, 11 Oct 2010 16:45:01 +0200, Lukas Fleischer <archlinux@cryptocrack.de> wrote:
It's still quite easy to build custom packages that are in [community], e.g. using the ABS [1]. You could use something like the following command to sync PKGBUILDs from the repositories, edit your "config.h" and build a new package (assuming that abs/sudo packages are installed, "$HOME/builds" is an existing directory and the EDITOR environment variable is set correctly):
`pkgname=surf; sudo abs community/$pkgname && cp -r /var/abs/community/$pkgname/ $HOME/builds && cd $HOME/builds/$pkgname && $EDITOR config.h; makepkg -is`
Of course, you can also do this step-by-step or write a wrapper script if that looks too complicated to you... If you ever used the dwm package from [community], the same thing is done there :)
Your suggestion works for me, so I will be happy to let you take over the package. Good luck with your application! -- Pierre 'catwell' Chapuis